Question

Why does King present these examples of the civil rights struggles in the passage?

A. He is arguing that the civil rights movement is over.
B. He is attacking his opponents' character to shift the focus from the argument.
C. He is setting a more personal tone.
D. He is providing evidence that inequality still exists.



I accept the Nobel Prize for Peace at a moment when 22 million Negroes of the
United States of America are engaged in a creative battle to end the long night of
racial injustice, I accept this award on behalf of a civil rights movement which is
moving with determination and a majestic scorn for risk and danger to establish a
reign of freedom and a rule of justice. I am mindful that only yesterday in
Birmingham, Alabama, our children, crying out for brotherhood, were answered
with fire hoses, snarling dogs and even death. I am mindful that only yesterday in
Philadelphia, Mississippi, young people seeking to secure the right to vote were
brutalized and murdered. And only yesterday more than 40 houses of worship in
the State of Mississippi alone were bombed or burned because they offered a
sanctuary to those who would not accept segregation. I am mindful that debilitating
and grinding poverty afflicts my people and chains them to the lowest rung of the
economic ladder.
Therefore, I must ask why this prize is awarded to a movement which is
beleaguered and committed to unrelenting struggle; to a movement which has not
won the very peace and brotherhood which is the essence of the Nobel Prize.

Answer 1

I would say A. He is arguing that the civil rights movement is over.

Answer 2

Matin Luther King presents these examples of the civil rights struggles in the passage because D. He is providing evidence that inequality still exists.

Step-by-step explanation:

This acceptance speech has a heavy load of irony, the lines "Therefore, I must ask why this prize is awarded to a movement which is beleaguered and committed to unrelenting struggle; to a movement which has not won the very peace and brotherhood which is the essence of the Nobel Prize." are a very clear representation of his main point, he says the battle hasn't over yet, and it won't end until there is peace and justice for each citizen without being important their skin color, beliefs or social status.